Shooting senior pictures in Portland, Oregon with Lexie was fun and inspiring. You got to learn a little about Lexie in Part 1 of her Portland senior photography session, and we captured some gorgeous and unexpected material–on the way to one of our favorite locations, we discovered a cool spot we hadn’t found before, and Lexie was totally up for exploring with us.

If you go to Lakeridge High School and want awesome senior portraits in Portland, Lexie can hook you up with one of her rep cards. Continuum Seniors is all about playful and colorful senior pictures that make you look stylish and feel like yourself, so book us right away, while we still have sessions available! Contact us about getting your Portland senior portraits, and we’ll get you started.

We took Lexie to an out-of-the-way spot in industrial Northwest Portland, where we found some awesome graffiti and popping colors. Lexie brought her old-school film camera with her for a prop, and she was full of questions about double-exposures and other cool photography techniques.

We were driving from the first location to another we had in mind, when Josh and I almost simultaneously spotted a lot filled with these popping yellow flowers, weathered old concrete and rust-covered pipes. The instant I opened my mouth to say, “that looks awesome,” Josh emphatically told me to pull over, which I immediately did. It was a pretty exciting find.

What we didn’t tell you about Lexie? She also has a secret life as an underground graffiti artist!

…okay, so we’re kidding, but she did all right at acting the part. 😉

If you like color, there’s a lot of beautiful graffiti art to be had in Portland, if you know where to look for it.

We loved shooting Portland professional senior portraits with Lakeridge High School student, Lexie, one of our Class of 2012 Senior Portraits models! Lexie’s active in her school as a Senator in the Oregon Youth and Government program, and she also has a strong creative streak. Not only does she work for the school paper as a News Editor, but she also enjoys making jewelry.

Lexie also won points with us with her love of photography, and she recently won a Scholastic National Art award for her photos! She also loves riding her bike, like any good Portlander does. Makeup artist Jenna Schneider helped us get Lexie styled and coiffed, and Lexie was jazzed to see the final reveal.

Here’s a rare peek of the photographers in action, with our big, fancy professional cameras. 😉

Next up on the blog is Part Two, where we’ll be sharing our favorite photos from Lexie’s professional high school senior portrait session. Become our fan on Facebook and follow our Twitter, and you’ll be notified when they go online!

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We’re all about fun and modern Portland senior portraits, and our Class of 2012 Fort Vancouver High School Senior Model, Nikki, is definitely both those things! It’s not every day you meet a girl who tells you that she wants to go to circus school, and Nikki’s quirky charm is matched by her acrobatic energy. Nikki is an apprentice with Pendulum Aerial Arts and has a lot of passion for building her tumbling and acrobatic skills. She’s also involved with the medical magnet at Fort Vancouver High, and keeps close ties with the theater department there, too.

We’ve had an unusually cold and wet Spring in Portland, this year, but for Nikki’s shoot, we finally had some flowers in bloom! The popping colors and lush greens, along with subtly-pretty hair and makeup by Jessica Belknap, made for some very cool results.

Once we found out that Nikki could juggle, we immediately wracked our brains to think of what we might have around the studio that she could toss. Fortunately, she came prepared.

Nikki can also do some pretty amazing tricks! She makes climbing and balancing look ridiculously easy.

Strong and flexible? Check.

What’s next on the blog? More cool Portland high school senior pictures, including more of our senior models! Keep checking back here, or follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and see even more awesome senior photos.